Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a Young-Adult Novel written by Gabrielle Zevin and published in July, 2022. The genre the book focuses on is adventure fiction and coming -of- age topics surrounding the two main characters Sam Masur and Sadie Green. Two adult individuals, Sam Masur and Sadie Green, randomly reconnect after losing their past friendship in their teenage years. The book goes along a central theme of restarting and then rebirthing which can be worthwhile. One chilly December evening, Sam unexpectedly runs into Sadie, reuniting their lives once more as co-workers, collaborating with each other for their young and undying love for video games. The dynamics between Sam and Sadie show the smooth and rough roads when maintaining a complicated relationship for 30 years. This book was rather appealing because I have never read a novel where the author provides so much depth and analysis to the characters. I felt like the characters were based off of realistic qualities of a human. For example our insecurities, passions, and most of all resolution. The author of the book, Gabrielle Zevin, delivers a message of the importance of “second chances.” I agreed with the way Zevin portrayed this topic because of how she correlates her thinking to the structure of a video game where no matter the difficulty there’s always a reset button, “another chance.” At some points I thought that the emotional strain Sam and Sadie put on each other was unrecoverable and in reality it wouldn’t have worked out in many scenarios. The book and the narrative it has to tell suggests the possibilities of resolution that are hidden in tragedy. After this read, it occured to me the importance of your passions being an outlet to settle personal disputes. A note I can take away from this book is that there’s no avoiding conflicts in life but persistence can carry you through the ups and downs. The book is a fantastic read if you want a telling and mature story that delivers well about the ideas of complexity in relationships with peers. Overall, “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow sums up the process of starting over never mattered but renewing does.
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